Women are the logical choice for the criminal activity because most women would succumb to the assaulter's wishes because of smaller stature and less strength. Women were protected in the past by society's rules and a sense of chivalry. Not that chivalry is dead everywhere, a woman has more chance to be assaulted in today's society then they would have twenty years ago. Place the articles in the trunk and lock all the doors on your car. If you make it to the car with no problem and someone trys to get in to attack, sound you horn and scream. All the women's self defense courses in the world cannot help you once if you do not try to get the attention of people who can help you. Women's self defense advocacy groups monitor robberies, domestic abuse, rapes, and abductions so that they can get the women that were attacked the help that need both to mend their bodies and their minds. Even if you have had women's self defense training it does not mean that you will be able to defend yourself completely. Your local YMCA or women's advocacy groups will also have the information you are looking for. Another source is your states Department of Family Services. Since the fight against domestic and women's abuse is such a prevalent issue there, they will probably have the information. It is your responsibility to take women's self defense courses because if you are a mother, it is your responsibilities to not only protect yourself but also to protect your children. Women's self defense program like Rape Aggression Defense will tell you that wearing revealing clothing will cause an attempt against you. This is true, but you shouldn't have to not wear what you want to because you are afraid of being raped. Use common sense and awareness. If you want to wear a short skirt or low cut blouse to a cocktail party or a nightclub, wear it. The shock incapacitates neurons in the neuromuscular systems. He will simply collapse. Once the attacker is incapacitated, the victim can drop the Taser and walk away. Some of the opponents of the Taser, even some in women's defense advocacy, says that the weapon could seriously harm someone. The Taser can not harm muscles, nerves or the heart.